Jade Nimmo selected to represent Scotland at the Commonwealth Games

Congratulations to Jade Nimmo who has just been selected to represent Scotland at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in 2014.   Keep an eye out for Jade in the womens long-jump on 30th and 31st July.  Best of luck from everyone here!

IBM and Barrachd announce new joint solution

IBM software and Barrachd have announced a joint solution that provides law enforcement the appropriate data to make strategic and tactical resource deployment decisions based on criminal and threatening behavior patterns. IBM Intelligent Law Enforcement and Cosain software provide a holistic solution to effectively mine, analyze and act to exploit the power of social media as an integral operational policing tool.

Menzies Raise £30K for Charity in their Annual Bike Ride

Well done to all the team at Menzies Distribution who have just completed their annual 600 mile charity bike ride. Themed around childrens toys Barrachd were proud to sponsor "the last Lego" helping them to raise an amazing £30,000 for two charities. Children 1st who support vulnerable children across Scotland and Anthony Nolan the UK's most successful stem cell register helping adults and children with blood cancer find a match. Congratulations guys, an amazing effort.

New Cognos BI Fix Pack 10.2.1.1

For all you Cognos BI users out there - there's a new fix pack for Cognos BI 10.2.1.1 It contains some new functionality and conformance updates,including: Extensible visualisation available for general reporting General improvements in reporting including, visualisation library improvements and dynamic report booklets General improvements in Cognos Workspace including, embeddable and customisable workspaces, more control over widgets, tabs, toolbars and global areas, new recommend visualisations and improved printing. Theme Designer including Support from within Cognos Workspace Dynamic Cube API So it looks like the RAVE visualisations have finally been brought into Report Studio and the rest of the platform.

IBM Cognos TM1 10.2 has just been released offering a range of new features and enhancements. There's a new TM1 Contribution client, a new interface for Excel bringing together BI and TM1 data, Integrated scorecards and more. For a full summary of what's new call us today on 0131 564 0675